Thomas Paine Common Sense

Common sense is a book that was originally published anonymously in 1776 by Thomas Paine. It was Thomas saying that we really need to break away from Britain and start an independent republican government. He goes on in the book to really just attacks the kingship and the aristocratic institutions then goes back to urge his adopted country to (def leopard) get the rock outta there so to speak. Proven so in this quote “Society is produced by our wants and government by wickedness; the former promotes by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher”. Fun fact his pamphlet was the first to speak to a mass audience and also went
Yet there is a lot to be learned by the beliefs of Mr. Paine for one this man was not a Christian and when Dr. Manley asked Mr. Paine "if he wished to believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God," and he describes Mr. Paine's answer as animated. He says that lying on his back he used some action and with much emphasis, replied, "I have no wish to believe on that subject”. So yeah not a Christin in the least. So for this belief he was badgered the founding fathers but they could only do so much I mean this is truly a great man and the people that picked on him went on to say things like “without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain”. ~ John Adams. So you’re kind of left wondering how they really felt about Thomas Paine do they like him or not you really can argue both sides which also tells us about the country at that time about their level of tolerance with Paine so to some up here religion is a really big deal at this time in America. We hate that he`s not a Christian but thank god he wrote common sense, he is vain beyond all belief but let’s give him a